phrase
trla baba lan
pointless busywork to kill the day
от нечего делать, переливать из пустого в порожнее (полностью: trla baba lan da joj prođe dan)
With stress
tȑla bȁba lȁn
In Cyrillic
трла баба лан
In phrasebooks
Next to it in the phrasebook
- ni pȇt ni šȇstwithout a second thought, on the spot (not «neither one nor the…
- ìći nȅkome na žívceto get on someone's nerves
- prȁviti od mȕve slònato make an elephant out of a fly — to blow things out of proportion
- ne pȁdā mi na pȁmētno way, it wouldn't even occur to me
- prȁviti se lȗdto play dumb, pretend not to understand
- ìmati pȕne rȗke pòslato have one's hands full
- bòlī me ȕvoI couldn't care less (lit. «my ear hurts»; crude)
- vúći nȅkoga za nȏsto lead someone by the nose, to string someone along
- dȉći rȗke od nȅčegato give up on something
- razbíjati glávuto rack one's brains